[Bug 905577] Re: help() modules crashes with SIGSEGV in apt_pkg.so

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[Expired for python-apt (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for
60 days.]

** Changed in: python-apt (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Expired

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Title:
  help() modules crashes with SIGSEGV in apt_pkg.so

Status in “python-apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Expired

Bug description:
  I got the crash by opening ipython and running help() once in the
  interactive help I typed in modules,  there were a couple of errors
  show up in the shell but then it crashed.

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ipython 0.11-2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-5.11-generic 3.2.0-rc5
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-5-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Dec 17 00:30:02 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/ipython
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20111212)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: python /usr/bin/ipython
  ProcEnviron:
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
  SegvAnalysis:
   Segfault happened at: 0x5421f9 <vfprintf+201>:	movl   $0x25,0x4(%esp)
   PC (0x005421f9) ok
   source "$0x25" ok
   destination "0x4(%esp)" (0xbf28bfa0) not located in a known VMA region (needed writable region)!
   Stack memory exhausted (SP below stack segment)
  SegvReason: writing unknown VMA
  Signal: 11
  SourcePackage: ipython
  StacktraceTop:
   g_return_if_fail_warning () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
   g_type_get_qdata () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
   ?? () from /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gobject/_gobject.so
   ?? () from /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gobject/_gobject.so
   ?? () from /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gobject/_gobject.so
  Title: ipython crashed with SIGSEGV in g_return_if_fail_warning()
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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